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. >> reporter: the outgoing irsng commissioner steven miller,ille pushed out because of the scandal, called ingram a quote, superb civil servant and tum griffin says she provide the quote, horrendous customer service implementing obama care as she did managing the tax exempt division.ion in washington molly henburg. >>> still ahead, a disturbingisu story out of arizona, a mother tries giving her baby away too complete strangers at a gas station. they're speaking out. o how much do you trust orteenagee son or daughter? dau there's new technology out track tg your child's every tech, e-mail and picture. that doesn't go too far. we'll be right back. did we get it? got it. yes! ♪ how do i make it stronger? [ male announcer ] when you've got fios quantum, you get america's fastest, most reliable internet. hey, so where's the big project? ...huh. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. [ male announcer ] technology that makes you feel superhuman... where do i sign in? [ male announcer ] that's powerful. switch to fios and we'll triple your spe
. >> reporter: the outgoing irsng commissioner steven miller,ille pushed out because of the scandal, called ingram a quote, superb civil servant and tum griffin says she provide the quote, horrendous customer service implementing obama care as she did managing the tax exempt division.ion in washington molly henburg. >>> still ahead, a disturbingisu story out of arizona, a mother tries giving her baby away too complete strangers at a gas station. they're speaking out. o how much...
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steven miller fired just three days ago as abting ingacting head of the irs. he faced a tough day of questioning on capitol hill yesterday. that's where margaret brennan is this morning. margaret, good morning. >> good morning to you. he testified here on friday and republicans say he left them with even more questions. acting irs commissioner steven miller opened his testimony friday with contrition. >> as acting commissioner i want to apologize on behalf of the internal revenue service for the mistakes we made and the poor service we provided. >> miller, ousted from his job this week, said those employees who targeted conservative groups did not do so for partisan political reasons. >> i think that what happened here was that foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient in their workload selection. >> reporter: political people did not accept it. they were furious miller had not acknowledged the irs targeting during testimony in previous years. >> why did you mislead congress and the american people on this? >> didn't this committee have
steven miller fired just three days ago as abting ingacting head of the irs. he faced a tough day of questioning on capitol hill yesterday. that's where margaret brennan is this morning. margaret, good morning. >> good morning to you. he testified here on friday and republicans say he left them with even more questions. acting irs commissioner steven miller opened his testimony friday with contrition. >> as acting commissioner i want to apologize on behalf of the internal revenue...
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acting commissioner, steven miller, pushed out because of the scandal called ingram a, quote, suburb civil service. >> a new federal report shows inmates in several jails across the country face the highest abuse of abuse at the hands of guards. now to some of the stories expected to make headlines in the week ahead. it's a big week for the kid in all of us as microsoft is set to unveil the future of gaming while disney prepares to rock and roller coaster all night long. here's those stories and more. >> monday's ireland's prime minister is delivering the commencement speech at boston college's graduation. cardinal shaun o'malley says he'll boycott the ceremony because of the prime minister's support for pro abortion rights in ireland. and florida governor rick scott is going to keynote the annual party in florida. n florida. wednesday, releaese witherspoon heads to court. she faces disorderly conduct charges for allegedly talking back to officers during her husband's d.u.i. arrest in atlanta. she was in town working on the indy drama, "the good life." >> and friday disney is kicking
acting commissioner, steven miller, pushed out because of the scandal called ingram a, quote, suburb civil service. >> a new federal report shows inmates in several jails across the country face the highest abuse of abuse at the hands of guards. now to some of the stories expected to make headlines in the week ahead. it's a big week for the kid in all of us as microsoft is set to unveil the future of gaming while disney prepares to rock and roller coaster all night long. here's those...
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steven miller, the acting head of the irs was forced out this week. and today a house committee will grill him about why he didn't tell congress about the political targeting. president obama's top lieutenants will take over as interim head of the irs. >>> and president obama summoning his top pentagon brass to the white house to address this growing problem of sexual assaults in the military. he's ordering them to come up with a plan to stem all of the abuse. this comes as the head of a sexual assault prevention unit at fort bell, kentucky, was arrested, lieutenant colonel darren, charged with violating a court order to leave his wife alone. the third military official in two weeks to be relieved of duty over an allegation of sexual misconduct. >>> a trouble development overnight, russia is sending advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to syria. u.s. officials say it's a sign that shows moscow's support for president bashar al assad's regime. "the new york times" reports that the missiles have advanced radar capabilities that can help the syrian regime
steven miller, the acting head of the irs was forced out this week. and today a house committee will grill him about why he didn't tell congress about the political targeting. president obama's top lieutenants will take over as interim head of the irs. >>> and president obama summoning his top pentagon brass to the white house to address this growing problem of sexual assaults in the military. he's ordering them to come up with a plan to stem all of the abuse. this comes as the head of...
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report and fired steven miller. that was adecisive step and the president rejected calls for a special counsel. on benghazi, they finally released e-mails after republicans did some political maneuvering to put out stories on the benghazi attack. and ap phone roecords case, the did lay out their rationale and support a shield law. >> what does this do to the second-term agenda? are we starting to work their way to washington? >> it potentially could interfere with his agenda, but, remember, republicans themselves have powerful incentives to cooperate with him on some issues like immigration, they need that to broaden their party base and on the budget deficit, the debt dealing that's potentially going to ripen later in the year, both sides have to get something done. they have reason to work together. >> there is caution, even though there is red meat. there is caution from former speaker newt gingrich about tempering expectations here and being more conservative in the way they are going after these things. >> no q
report and fired steven miller. that was adecisive step and the president rejected calls for a special counsel. on benghazi, they finally released e-mails after republicans did some political maneuvering to put out stories on the benghazi attack. and ap phone roecords case, the did lay out their rationale and support a shield law. >> what does this do to the second-term agenda? are we starting to work their way to washington? >> it potentially could interfere with his agenda, but,...
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do you think that steven miller and lois lerner should have to step down? guest: i do think that they need to step down or be terminated. they need to be terminated, they need to be disciplined. the american people need to know that the people involved were held accountable and that there are serious repercussions for doing this so that nobody thinks that they can flirt with abusing power in this manner again in the future. again, the president said if. lois lerner admitted this on friday. stephen miller, sounds like from what you're saying, also acknowledges that the irs did this. it is not a question of if, the irs did act inappropriately. host: this question comes from twitter -- guest: i do not know if any groups were denied irs tax status. became so sick -- so concerned, they do not have high-powered political attorneys? some of them just withdrew their applications altogether because of the scrutiny and intimidation. scrutiny is allowed. these letters were intimidating. every donor, everyone who attended your meeting, facebook posts, comments on your
do you think that steven miller and lois lerner should have to step down? guest: i do think that they need to step down or be terminated. they need to be terminated, they need to be disciplined. the american people need to know that the people involved were held accountable and that there are serious repercussions for doing this so that nobody thinks that they can flirt with abusing power in this manner again in the future. again, the president said if. lois lerner admitted this on friday....
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miller. how about you? were you satisfied with the information that he brought to the table? i'm not satisfied with the way that the irs performed here. i don't think they should have ever been involved in this nor am i satisfied with the fact that decades ago they changed a statute through a rule that as lawrence o'donnell, your colleague has so importantly noted, changed the social welfare nature of these organizations and said they didn't have to exclusively be involved in social welfare to get a tax subsidy. they just had to be primarily involved and that's opened the door to some organizations that are 49% or more political to use secret money, to have it be tax subsidized and that's part of the republican agenda also. they like this system of using tax-subsidized campaign contributions to influence elections and they also overreach in bringing in the whole question of health care as if 37 votes weren't enough. they're trying to use this incident to attack the role of the internal revenu
miller. how about you? were you satisfied with the information that he brought to the table? i'm not satisfied with the way that the irs performed here. i don't think they should have ever been involved in this nor am i satisfied with the fact that decades ago they changed a statute through a rule that as lawrence o'donnell, your colleague has so importantly noted, changed the social welfare nature of these organizations and said they didn't have to exclusively be involved in social welfare to...
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steven miller apologized for the agency misconduct. and insisted that agents who gave tougher treatment did not act out of political bias. government leaders were made aware back in june that investigators were looking into the complaint. tea party groups said that they were singled out, but he testified that politics did not motivate their actions either. >>> a charity set up to help the three women freed from a decade of captivity in cleveland, has reached a $1/2 million. the charity, the cleveland courage fund has reached $4,080,000. donations are coming in from 50 states and several foreign countries. it will go into four trust funds for the women. and castro, the man accused of kidnapping and raping them is under suicide watch in jail. >>> new york city artist is under fire this morning from the object of his photo exhibits. he took pictures of the people through their windows of their apartment, like creaming and cleaning and no faces are revealed. the artist is saying raising their curtains, his neighbors were performing on a st
steven miller apologized for the agency misconduct. and insisted that agents who gave tougher treatment did not act out of political bias. government leaders were made aware back in june that investigators were looking into the complaint. tea party groups said that they were singled out, but he testified that politics did not motivate their actions either. >>> a charity set up to help the three women freed from a decade of captivity in cleveland, has reached a $1/2 million. the...
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as you pointed out, outgoing irs commissioner steven miller really got a grilling. it was a contentious hearing, and there was bipartisan outrage at times, alex, something we don't usually see. miller did apologize for not telling earlier about the fact that the irs had been targeting tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax exempt status. he also said the irs planned to publish this in may by planting an answer at a q&a at a legal conference that was held. he said, look, this was not political. this was a foolish mistake. alex, there were a number of heated exchanges. take a listen to one of them. >> do you not think that congress has the right to know all the information that you knew? >> so, look -- >> did this committee -- >> congress was going to find out -- >> mr. miller, does this committee have the right to know the information that you knew? yes or no? >> this committee was always going to get that information. >> yes or no, that's an easy one. you testified before this committee, mr. miller, and did not -- >> we were not going to -- >>
as you pointed out, outgoing irs commissioner steven miller really got a grilling. it was a contentious hearing, and there was bipartisan outrage at times, alex, something we don't usually see. miller did apologize for not telling earlier about the fact that the irs had been targeting tea party and other conservative groups that applied for tax exempt status. he also said the irs planned to publish this in may by planting an answer at a q&a at a legal conference that was held. he said,...
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here is another steven miller who makes his money off the people's taxes. singing for members of congress today. he was grilled for hours on the hill over the agency's controversial practices of singling out conservative groups. for extra scrutiny when applying for tax-exempt status. admiral defended himself to members of the house, ways and means who want to know what he knew and when and if he misled congress at hearings last year. >> this was the time frame in 2010 when citizens united was out. there was a lot of discussion in the system about the use of c-4s. people in cincinnati decided, let's start grouping these cases. let centralize these cases. the way they centralize. ized it, troublesome. the concept, not. we're not targeting these people in that sense. >> you sent letters to congress acknowledging our investigation hese allegations. but consistently omitted that such discriminatory practices that are alleged were actually in
here is another steven miller who makes his money off the people's taxes. singing for members of congress today. he was grilled for hours on the hill over the agency's controversial practices of singling out conservative groups. for extra scrutiny when applying for tax-exempt status. admiral defended himself to members of the house, ways and means who want to know what he knew and when and if he misled congress at hearings last year. >> this was the time frame in 2010 when citizens united...
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steven miller, the ousted head of the irs will testify on capitol hill today. what would you ask him? >> i would ask what he knew and when he knew it and try to figure out -- in fact he may have been the fall guy. i would want to know where did this policy start? who talked about it first? how did it grow inside the organization? and i'd like to know who he spoke with in the administration? who else outside of the irs knew about this? the first story from the white house was this is just a field office in cincinnati, a bunch of low-level employees. we found out later, that ub just wasn't true. >> during the press conference, the president supported eric holder the attorney general. is holder's job safe in your opinion? >> it certainly is. the president will stay with eric holder until the end. eric holder has been under attack from the time almost he got sworn in. there's been one republican dust up after another. they demanded his resignation time and time again. you saw him push back on capitol hill, to the chairman of the house oversight committee. that was
steven miller, the ousted head of the irs will testify on capitol hill today. what would you ask him? >> i would ask what he knew and when he knew it and try to figure out -- in fact he may have been the fall guy. i would want to know where did this policy start? who talked about it first? how did it grow inside the organization? and i'd like to know who he spoke with in the administration? who else outside of the irs knew about this? the first story from the white house was this is just...
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steven miller admitted in this hearing that the irs singled out groups, political groups using conservative key words like tea party but did not use traditionally liberal words like progressive. that did not help his argument that the mistakes may have been stupid but not partisan. >> so help you god. >> i do. >> reporter: two days after getting fired the irs chief apologized. >> what happened here was that foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient in their work load selection. >> reporter: yet steven miller repeatedly insisted inappropriate irs scrutiny of conservative groups was not politically motivated. >> it was a mistake and not an act of partisanship. >> reporter: his explanation? back in 2010 the irs was bombarded with applications for tax-exempt status so they came up with a shortcut using words like tea party to i.d. groups. >> look, they get 70,000 applications in there for 150 or 200 people to do. they triage those. >> reporter: but for four hours, he couldn't or wouldn't answer many questions. >> actually i do not know that. i don't -- i don't recall. i d
steven miller admitted in this hearing that the irs singled out groups, political groups using conservative key words like tea party but did not use traditionally liberal words like progressive. that did not help his argument that the mistakes may have been stupid but not partisan. >> so help you god. >> i do. >> reporter: two days after getting fired the irs chief apologized. >> what happened here was that foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient...
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only two with is our schedule today, steven miller, was ousted wednesday as acting irs commissioner and j. russell george, the treasury inspector general for tax administration. >> a possible breakthrough on immigration. a bipartisan group of house members said they have a deal on sweeping legislation. the bill as been drafted right now. meanwhile, at an immigration bill is moving forward in the senate, where the judiciary committee held its third week session today to plow through some 300 amendments. >> and army sergeant will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole for killing five all service members of the combat stress clinic and iraq . sergeant john russell was sentenced yesterday. he will be tratransferred to fort leavenworth in kansas. the 14 year veteran previously pleaded guilty to unpremeditated murder to try and get the death penalty off the table. prosecutors were able to prove it the killings were premeditated. the 2009 shooting was one of the worst case of sho soldier on soldier by a to the i rack war. defense attorney are in brussels was diluted by depression
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acting commissioner steven miller had been aware of the agency's effort to put greater scrutiny on conservative groups as early as 2012. miller told staffers in internal memo that he'll be departing in early june when his acting assignment ends. but in a news conference last night president obama announced miller's resignation and described his own outrage over the whole issue. >> the misconduct that it uncovered is inskewable. it's inexcusable and americans are right to be angry about it, and i am angry about it. i will not tolerate this kind of behavior in any agency but especially in the irs. given the power and reach it has in all of our lives. as i said earlier it should not matter what political stripe you're from. the fact of the matter is that the irs has to operate with absolute integrity. >> so i'm just reading. we've been covering the different players in this including lois lerner, who heads up the irs division on tax-exempt organizations and was aware from nearly the beginning of all this. i mean, i'm assuming that's next. i'm not sure -- i'm not sure about this firing. i think it
acting commissioner steven miller had been aware of the agency's effort to put greater scrutiny on conservative groups as early as 2012. miller told staffers in internal memo that he'll be departing in early june when his acting assignment ends. but in a news conference last night president obama announced miller's resignation and described his own outrage over the whole issue. >> the misconduct that it uncovered is inskewable. it's inexcusable and americans are right to be angry about...
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steven miller has resigned and the president has already pointed the -- his replacement. his is three and a half hours. >> the meeting will come to order. on may 10 the director of internal revenue service division that oversees tax exempt group acknowledged that the agency was targeting political leaning organizations. four days later they confirmed hat "the i.r.s. used inappropriate crier the to identify political organizations applying for status." this began as far back as 2010. this goes against the principles of free speech and liberty upon in which this country was founded. the disregard that the agency has treated congress and the american taxpayer raises serious concerns about the leadership at the i.r.s. let's establish what we know. based on the report, we know for n 18-month period i.r.s. employees em employed key words to target applications for tax exempt status. these groups were subjected to further investigations. i.r.s. employees expanded their search to include groups about government spending, debt, taxes, the constitution, the bill of rights, or tryin
steven miller has resigned and the president has already pointed the -- his replacement. his is three and a half hours. >> the meeting will come to order. on may 10 the director of internal revenue service division that oversees tax exempt group acknowledged that the agency was targeting political leaning organizations. four days later they confirmed hat "the i.r.s. used inappropriate crier the to identify political organizations applying for status." this began as far back as...
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. >> let me ask you this, steven miller, ousted head of the irs, will testify on capitol hill today. what would you ask him? >> well, i would ask him what he knew and when he knew it and i would also try to figure out -- and, in fact, he may have just been the fall guy. i would want to know where did this policy start, who talked about it at first, how did it grow with inside the organization and i would like to know who he spoke with in the administration? who else outside of the irs knew about this. the first story from the white house was, oh, you know what, this is just a field office in cincinnati. >> right. >> a bunch of low-level employees. we found out later that just wasn't true. >> joe, during the press conference yesterday, the president spoke out and supported eric holder, the attorney general. is holder's job safe in your opinion? >> it certainly is. i mean the president will stay with eric holder until the very end. remember, eric holder has been under attack from the time almost he got sworn in. there's been one republican dust up after another. republicans would call
. >> let me ask you this, steven miller, ousted head of the irs, will testify on capitol hill today. what would you ask him? >> well, i would ask him what he knew and when he knew it and i would also try to figure out -- and, in fact, he may have just been the fall guy. i would want to know where did this policy start, who talked about it at first, how did it grow with inside the organization and i would like to know who he spoke with in the administration? who else outside of the...
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the man in the middle is steven miller, the again the acting outgoing and acting irs commissioner. virginia, lease, is a republican line. >> caller: yes, hi. >> go ahead. you're on the air. >> caller: hi. i would like to say first of all your last caller is very misinformed. it seemed to me, and i watched the whole thing, mr. miller avoided every question asked. there does definitely need to be something going on here. if you look at the timeline, it was may before the election. and that -- time to quell some republicans. it is, it is absolutely ridiculous and this man gets to retire and we're going to pay for him for the next 30, 40 years. to live off his retirement through the government. . . poor service we provided. the affected organizations and the american public deserves better. partisanship or even the perception of partisanship has no place at the irs. it cannot even appear to be a consideration. in the practices described in the treasury inspector general's report. i've reviewed the treasury inspector's report and i believe its conclusions are consistent with that. i thi
the man in the middle is steven miller, the again the acting outgoing and acting irs commissioner. virginia, lease, is a republican line. >> caller: yes, hi. >> go ahead. you're on the air. >> caller: hi. i would like to say first of all your last caller is very misinformed. it seemed to me, and i watched the whole thing, mr. miller avoided every question asked. there does definitely need to be something going on here. if you look at the timeline, it was may before the...